ógán

See also: ògan and ògàn

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ócán, from Old Irish óc (“young”).

Noun

ógán m (genitive singular ógáin, nominative plural ógáin)

1. youth, young man

Declension

Declension of ógán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ógán ógáin vocative a ógáin a ógána genitive ógáin ógán dative ógán ógáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ógán na hógáin genitive an ógáin na n-ógán dative leis an ógán don ógán leis na hógáin

Derived terms

• ógánach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ógán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ógán	n-ógán	hógán	t-ógán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ógán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 525
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ógánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN